PMB, beware of the ides of March

SIR: I may not be able to convince die-hard APC members and sympathizers, but I need to remind the APC government that some of the reasons we voted them into political power are that we trusted President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) can quickly resolve the following perennial problems: fuel scarcity, electricity crisis, Boko Haram and reasonably reduce corruption. For 11 months now, the government has achieved only one: the decimation of Boko Haram. Now I buy fuel N350 per litre in Abuja, electric light is seen only on an average of three hours every two days (in the midst of Abuja’s terrible hot weather), and all we hear about corruption are streaming allegations on pages of newspapers from a very unserious and incompetent Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who did practically nothing during ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s (GEJ) regime; now the agency is rolling over itself with allegations of corruption that took place during that regime. Where was EFCC when these funds were allegedly stolen? Why should EFCC work only when they suspect the President abhors corruption? That means they have no business being there ab initio. What Nigerians need to hear are convictions and imprisonments. We are fed-up hearing of allegations alone.

Also I thought that PMB with time will arrest the fast-steady falling social morality in Nigeria. Where is the so-called National Orientation Agency (NOA)? That agency is the most dysfunctional, non-working and unserious government agency in the land. If you sit down and consider the amount of damage being inflicted on Nigeria by immorality, you surely will weep for our country. The majestic reign of immorality has ushered in fathers having sexual relationship with their daughters; debasement of religious relationships; abundance of extreme social behaviours like cultic killings, kidnapping and raping; the shaming practice of girl-child wives; sharp unethical practices in schools, banks, telecom networks; complete lack of values in the homes; abandonment of children upbringing to deadly housemaids who made sure the children suffer infinitum; reckless and whimsical disrespect for elders by youths; stealing of public funds by even military officers; payment of monthly electric bills without light; common presence of homosexuality even among primary school pupils; a well organized begging industry across the land; pornography and seductive behaviours as norms in female wears and dressings (that harass human psychological emotions daily) etc.

Yes we expected too much from PMB, but that is not abnormal from a people down for too long. PMB knew we have been down for too long and that was why he stubbornly asked to lead us for four times. I thank and praise him for his doggedness. Having got there, we cannot afford to lose it. PMB can do best by dealing extraordinarily and summarily with the fuel and electricity wahalas within one year and his name will be written in gold. Otherwise, EFCC and NOA may be working to bring down PMB as a man of integrity. Time is PMB’s chief enemy here, and I believe Nigerians are his best friends. Patience is limited by the Ides of March.